Alright, I'm looking at the 9600gt, 8800gt, and possibly the 3870. If I get 2 9600gt cards and put them in SLI, will that perform better than 2 8800gt cards? I heard that 9600gt cards scale better than the 8 series. If it makes any difference I'll also be playing the Unreal 3 engine. Thanks for the input everyone!

Alright, I'm looking at the 9600gt, 8800gt, and possibly the 3870. If I get 2 9600gt cards and put them in SLI, will that perform better than 2 8800gt cards? I heard that 9600gt cards scale better than the 8 series. If it makes any difference I'll also be playing the Unreal 3 engine. Thanks for the input everyone!

9600GTs in SLI are about 15% slower than 8800GTs in SLI from what I've seen and heard. The 9600GT alone is quite a beast at that resolution and can pretty much max out any game with AA to spare.

In terms of the Unreal 3 engine, I was playing GoW at max settings at 1680x1050 with max AA and DX10 and I was getting 40-45 fps on average